Santa Eulària des Riu
Santa Eulària des Riu (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsantə əwˈɫaɾiə ðəz ˈriw], Spanish: Santa Eulalia del Río) is a municipality on the eastern coast of Ibiza. The only river on the island flows through the town of Santa Eulària. The town was depicted, in the time before and up to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in Elliot Paul's Life and Death of a Spanish Town (1937). There are two great Hippy Markets which attract large numbers of tourists and locals: Punta Arabi, located in Es Canar runs all day every Wednesday from April through October. Las Dalias, near Sant Carles, runs all day every Saturday, throughout the year. Las Dalias also has a "Night Market" which runs Monday and Tuesday evenings from June through September. As of 2006, the town was the third most populous on the island (13,737 inhabitants). The total number of inhabitants in the municipality (2010) is 32,637.
The municipality encompasses the following towns and villages:
| Town/village |
Population (2006) |
| Jesús, Nostra Senyora de |
4,499 |
| Puig d'en Valls |
3,613 |
| Sant Carles de Peralta |
3,195 |
| Santa Eulària des Riu |
13,737 |
| Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera |
1,680 |
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Port and town of Santa Eulària des Riu from NE.
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View from Es Canar, north of the town.
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Puig de Missa, a former mosque, now a church on a hill above the town.
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Marina of Santa Eulària des Riu.
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